re: #897 JasonA

Toward the end of high school, he joined the youth wing of the Progress Party, drawn to its anti-immigrant platform and market capitalist bent. But those who knew him from those days said that he failed to leave much of a mark.

He began to struggle with life, those who knew him said. He became estranged from his father, who moved to France. Then his sister, Elisabeth, on whom he seemed to rely in his father’s absence, moved to the United States and married an American.

“Elisabeth was his only rock in life,” said a former childhood friend, who would not give his name for fear of reprisals because he is not an ethnic Norwegian. “When Elisabeth left, it really affected him. I think that’s when Anders began to spiral.”